The orange robed man wasnt as unaware; he glanced at the duke again, narrowed his eyes, and before Sofia could react, the stone platform the hero stood on retracted into the wall, bringing him along. His form sank into the stone wall, magically lding with it. Looks like when I summon the bone armor, but he was the one to be absorbed.
She jumped near the duke, trying her best to keep so distance from the pits wall. She feared the hero would try a sneak attack by appearing behind her, but it seed her worries were unfounded. Did he escape?
A- Aurelia? Is that still you? the bewildered Duke stamred.
Im shocked he can even recognize the princess like that, maybe the face didnt change that much after all.
The tremors that had been shaking the mountain for a while were getting stronger by the second.
Yes. But now is not the ti for that, Armand.
Her short answer was enough to clear his mind. His face showed doubt, then worry, then acceptance, all in a second, before reverting to his usual seriousness. Chunks of stone had started falling from above, the tremors werent showing any sign of stopping. If that kept going, the dungeon would soon collapse on itself.
Alright. Nyse will get us out of here, hold on to my arm, he said, extending an armored arm, and frantically trying to open a small pouch on his belt. Finally managing to grab a small glass orb from the pouch, he crushed it in his hand.
Thats a teleportation catalyst then.
A few seconds of silence later, the duke disappeared.
Uh?
Oh. Cant be summoned, then? Would have really liked to have that before. Fine, cant be helped.
She reached the entrance to the fifth floor in a single jump, rushing past the used ritual site; she navigated through the collapsing floor to a section the group hadnt cleaned. The zombies that were supposed to be there all laid lifeless on the floor.
The tremors were getting worse and she had to dodge the falling stone blocks of the crumbling ceiling. Despite the place collapsing, there were still several ters of stone separating every floor. She was short on ti and couldnt run all the way back before the dungeon collapsed.
Should be around here Only one way to find out.
She activated the mana enhancents through her whole body. Although her veins always acted as ritual circles, she could forcibly inject more mana to empower the boost; she had used this to attack the mage earlier.
Her mana was starting to drop thousands of points at a ti, barely offset by her breathings regeneration.
Could keep that up forever as long as I dont use any other spell. Lets hope thats enough for now.
She jumped up, punching through the ceiling. The layers of stone couldnt stop her, she pierced through every floor in one go. She had hoped to stop on the first floor. Her limited understanding of her own strength, however, instead propelled her through the first floors ceiling too, then out into the sky, high above the mountain. Right in ti to see that the dungeon finally gave in and collapsed. It didnt stop there, the cave-in was the start of a giant landslide.
She landed on the highest point of the mountains peak. In the thunderous roar of the earth and stones chasing gravity, a third of the mountain below fell.
Bloody hell! Sofia couldn't help but be shocked at the sight.
You dont say. Never ceases to amaze , this power I have been granted.
She had seen the man flying up to her on a floating cube of stone, since he purposely ca from the front he probably wasnt up to so nasty plot. Not that he could sneak up on her from the back, or any other direction for that matter.
You look like you still have at least a shred of humanity in you, demon. Obediently hand over the seal and I may grant you a painless entry to the great cycle of reincarnation, he declared.
It seed his previous shouting in the dungeon was perhaps out of surprise, his face and tone now were calm and stoic as he expressed his demands.
Hmm, so he really wants the dumb ring.
Not happening, stone-man. Want to crush like you did Fox? Youll have to bring larger rocks.
How regrettable, the robed man floated away, as if to properly face her from a distance.
I am Orvod, mountain shaper, he said, joining his palms over his head, I shall rid you of your sins.
As Orvod spread his arms, nine giant stone lotus flowers ford in an arch over him, spinning in place at a leisurely pace. This ti its for real.
Aurelia Grandcourt Vakariazrehafin Aphenoreth, Daughter of Sorrow! I have cool titles and cool spells too.
Her new body had a total of five independent skills she hadnt used yet, each a complex set of veins arranged in ritual circles, one in every limb. For the first ti, she felt that having the system constantly up to monitor her resources would be a necessity.
Health : 88002 / 89640
Stamina : 89621 / 89640
Mana : 49640 / 89640
The hardest part will be to reach him up there
Done with the presentation and preparations, she took a fighting stance. She should have felt worry or fear, but all that had been washed away by her new forms instincts. Her body itched for one thing and one thing only, battle.
Under her forceful jump, the mountain peak turned into a crater.
With a simple gesture of Orvods hand, a stone cube was cut out from the mountain under then hurled at Sofia. It was fast but she was faster, instead of colliding with it, she grabbed the stone block mid flight, using its montum to do a front flip and returning it to the sender.
A large stone shield intercepted the block, shattering it on contact. The shield shattered too, not from the block, but from Sofias punch; she had never thrown the block, going forward with it instead. Her fist was centiters away from Orvod when one of the flying lotuses blood, sending its many petals flying in her direction.
She couldnt dodge the first one, the stone petal hit her in the torso, sending her flying away. The other petals followed suit, like sentient arrows chasing her. Grabbing the petal that had stabbed her, she used it to bat away the second petal, shattering both. Using the torque, she spun around, punching and kicking the petals coming from all directions. Five more were shattered but the last managed to get past her defense, striking her right in the back and shattering on impact.
Health : 69959 / 89640
A single petal is about ten thousand health. Great. At least he didnt rebuild the lost flower yet, must be an expensive skill. My health regenerates quickly enough, I just can't take a whole flower at once. Still, thats one heck of a defensive skill.
Having lost all montum again, she fell back to the mountaintops craggy surface. As she was about to reach the ground, a forest of stone spikes erged out of the mountain, all pointing at her falling form, shooting up to impale her. Sofia rolled herself in a ball, tail wrapped around her body. Her back and tail were the most armored parts of her body, it would damage her less if they took the hit, that was all she had ti to do.
Like a cannonball, she crashed through the spikes and landed on the ground, forming yet another crater that only deepened when she jumped right back up.
This ti, hundreds of stone cubes were floating around, having been forcefully pulled from the mountain, ready to get thrown at her from all around. As they closed in on her and were about to crush her, Sofia activated the skill in her left leg.
[Regret] : make a different decision in the imdiate past.
The description of the new skill flashed by her eyes as she found herself back on the ground, where she had just jumped from. Above her the stone cubes all collided where she had been a second ago, exploding in countless debris.
Mr. scribes working overti I see. Nothing I didnt already know though.
She observed the crash happening behind her as she fled north-west at full speed. Fighting a stone mage atop a mountain was straight up lunacy. Zarrow had shown what he could do with his ship, and she had used her own affinity with the undead to get rid of the Magisterium. Since the first hit didnt connect, she could tell this would be a long battle, so she would take it sowhere more favorable to herself.
And if he doesnt follow its even better. I need to survive and that's it. Feels bad to let the other three fend for themselves but they aint real.
[Regret] : alter the past to make a different decision in the previous five seconds, costs 10000 mana per cast, 10 seconds cooldown. Left leg blood vessels must be undamaged for the skill to correctly resolve.
Would you look at that, a lot better, thanks.
She had asked and she received, these kinds of interactions had her questioning how the system worked, but now wasnt the ti to ponder on that. She could appreciate how her new 360 vision was very practical. She both saw where she was going, and that Orvod was not only chasing, sitting legs crossed on his flying stone cube, but also preparing larger projectiles.
What the fuck is that! Go back to the cubes please!
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